Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer

Not to be confused with Johann Friedrich von Meyer, who published an annotated translation of the Bible in 1819.

Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (January 10, 1800 - June 21, 1873), was a German Protestant divine. He wrote commentaries on the New Testament and published an edition of that book.

Biography

Meyer was born in Gotha. He studied theology at Jena, was pastor at Harste, Hoye and Neustadt, and eventually became (1841) pastor, member of the consistory, and superintendent at Hanover.

He is chiefly noted for his valuable Kritischexegetischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament (16 vols.), which began to appear in 1832, was completed in 1859 with the assistance of Johann Eduard Huther, Friedrich Düsterdieck and Gottlieb Lünemann, and has been translated into English. New editions have been undertaken by such scholars as A. B. Ritschl, Bernhard Weiss, Hans Hinrich Wendt, [Karl Friedrich] Georg Heinrici, Willibald Beyschlag and Friedrich A. E. Sieffert. The English translation in Clark's series is in 20 volumes (1873-82), and there is an American edition in 11 volumes (1884-88).

Meyer also published an edition of the New Testament, with a translation (1829) and a Latin version of the symbolical books of the Lutheran Church (1830).

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Meyer, Heinrich August Wilhelm". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
"Meyer, Heinrich August Wilhelm". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.

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Name	Meyer, Heinrich August Wilhelm
Alternative names
Short description	German protestant clergyman
Date of birth	January 10, 1800
Place of birth	Gotha
Date of death	June 21, 1873
Place of death	Hanover